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Silvia Newell
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Director of Michigan Sea Grant, Professor in SEAS at University of Michigan
So proud of our Great Lakes fellows with the @ijcs-journal.bsky.social and @glcommission.bsky.social and the GL Sea Grants hearing about their listening sessions with communities and Tribes around the region, hearing about needs for the IJC Science Plan. #IAGLR2025
June 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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We found a stack of our popular Great Lakes Basin posters hiding at the back of the shelf! They're on sale now for only $4 with limited stock, so grab yours from our online store before they're gone again: buff.ly/RRNDQlS
April 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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"Surveys of people living in the Great Lakes Basin have shown that 90% consider the health of the Great Lakes a priority, regardless of political views."

Make sure you catch the rest of IAGLR Executive Director Jérôme Marty's interview with @e4dca.bsky.social here: bit.ly/4hWNhJm
Interview with Dr. Jérôme Marty – The Impact of U.S. Science Cuts on Great Lakes Research - Evidence For Democracy
Dr. Jérôme Marty has been at the forefront of cross-border scientific collaboration, representing scientists working to protect and restore the […]
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April 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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I am finding these starter packs useful for finding others with similar interests so here is another. Ping me if you work in the recreational fisheries science and management space and want to be added! #recreationalfisheries #angling #anglers #fisheriescience go.bsky.app/3UoUZkC
November 17, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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Do you work on lakes globally? Check out what is, to my mind, the most complete global database of lakes (~6M) and associated attributes, newly published in WRR. Also the basis for SWOT lake data. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Chilling report from Brown University.

Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.

Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
Brown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel
One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunda...
www.browndailyherald.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Using remote sensing, this study establishes the nitrogen budget for 5,768 lakes. Results show that reducing watershed #nitrogen input improves water quality nonlinearly, emphasizing targeted watershed management to meet the #SDG of global clean #water.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Coupling nitrogen removal and watershed management to improve global lake water quality - Nature Communications
Using remote sensing, this study establishes the nitrogen budget for 5,768 lakes. Results show that reducing watershed nitrogen input improves water quality nonlinearly, emphasizing targeted watershed...
www.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Since this is probably about to be relevant: a reminder that when you poll the general public, they estimate NASA to be between 10-30% of the federal budget. It's less than 1%. All that amazing science and technology and wonder is got for less than a penny on the dollar of your taxes.
March 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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IAGLR and dozens of other scientific societies have united on a call to action urging Congress to prioritize the integrity and funding of scientific research. By investing in science, lawmakers can help safeguard our future and foster an informed citizenry. www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
www.ucsusa.org
March 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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🧊 #MNSG project highlight: MN #Ice-Out Clock

The #Minnesota Ice-Out Clock helps seasonal businesses in tourism, recreation, & agriculture plan logistics & ops more accurately, saving them💵, while also helping recreationists reduce risk.

Learn more at our 3/7 webinar: z.umn.edu/mnsg_iceout25
March 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Across the U.S., Sea Grant supports coastal, marine & Great Lakes communities through research, extension & education. It touches our lives in so many ways.

20 years ago, I arrived in DC to work on #science policy as a marine biologist & Knauss Fellow through the Maine Sea Grant under NOAA. /1
March 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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March 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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I worry that the focus on NOAA's weather predicting value is ignoring the millions of other ways NOAA researchers enrich communities and local economies.

There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.
March 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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They’re big, they’re hungry, and they’re already in waterways leading to the #GreatLakes. Meet #InvasiveCarp, four very disruptive species of fish – and learn what researchers, environmental managers, and the public are doing to ke#NISAW="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">ep them at bay. buff.ly/41uTBD6 #NISAW
Invasive Carp: GLANSIS Series Part 5
The Great Lakes are one of the most unique freshwater systems in the world. Millions of people love the Great Lakes -- and so do many invasive species. Visit...
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February 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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How many times do you look at the temperature on your phone?

Most of those temperatures are from weather stations NOAA/NWS helps maintain…or they are a model interpolation from a model NOAA/NWS helped develop.

The radar data, satellite data, every single watch and warning…that’s NOAA/NWS.
February 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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NOAA's #GreatLakes Environmental Research Lab will be taking an "indefinite hiatus" from communications due to staff cuts. GLERL communicates critical weekly updates about the extent of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie - like the one that left my hometown of Toledo without drinking water in 2014
February 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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A super exciting PhD position available in #peatland #biochemistry. Join @yijiao.bsky.social and me working with cutting edge #VOC cycling in peat.

+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program

employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

Please repost!
February 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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we are almost at 15 years w/ this Lake Erie water quality dataset! I am already drafting an update to our initial data paper (10 years of data) which will include more data years

essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/...
Routine monitoring of western Lake Erie to track water quality changes associated with cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms
Abstract. The western basin of Lake Erie has a history of recurrent cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) despite decades of efforts by the United States and Canada to limit phosphorus loading, a...
essd.copernicus.org
February 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Ballast water regulations are an amazing success story of industry, science, and government working together to stop the spread of #InvasiveSpecies. Read more about their history at the link: https://buff.ly/4gTRfBW #NISAW
Balancing act: A policy success story in the Great Lakes
Implementing the 'swish and spit' method successfully reduced the risk of AIS introductions from transoceanic ballast water.
www.canr.msu.edu
February 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Felt great to get out in the field for #winter #limnology #GreatLakes-wide sampling on Lake St. Clair yesterday with @nicolewagner.bsky.social as part of a @miseagrant.bsky.social funded project led by @tjvmajors.bsky.social. Just happened to be an all-women team. #womeninSTEM
February 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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These students rock! A great day sampling for @miseagrant.bsky.social funded Great Lakes Winter Grab on Lake Superior. MI Sea Grant work is critical to the health and understanding of our largest source of freshwater, and we are proud to do the science they support!
February 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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If your pond or lake turns green in the summer, this webinar is for you! Join us/state partners for "HABs 101: Prevention and Management," covering topics like septic systems, nutrient budgets, direct management options of HABs, and more. Register to join on April 2 at 6-8pm: https://buff.ly/4350vQI
February 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM